It will be seven years later this month since Laura Pianto's life changed when her residence, along with a local retail store went up in flames.
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On September 27, 2014 a fire tore through Turner's Furniture One and its adjoining apartments on Lovell Street in Young leaving a number of locals devastated, including resident in one of the apartments, Laura.
Laura said she has been in therapy since the incident and still remembers the events like they were yesterday.
"I've just finished yet another psychiatrist appointment," she said.
"All the memories are still there and still just as vivid."
According to Laura the time since the fire has been surreal, however, she has started to move on from what happened.
"The seven years have gone fast, but also slow," Laura said.
"I'm now living in Wodonga, married, own a home and have a son. He was born on Australia Day last year, nearly six years to the day that I got the keys to the unit above Furniture One."
Though Laura still finds the memories too painful to return to Young, there was something she wanted to get off her chest.
"I wasn't sure if I should bring all this up again, but I had something I wanted to tell everyone who might read this - Thank you," she said.
"You may or may not have helped me directly; or you may have helped others who were involved in the rescue, the investigation, and the firefighting efforts.
"I particularly wanted to say thank you to the firefighters, police, paramedics and hospital staff. Without all your hard work, he may never have been caught."
The 'he' she is referring to is Allan Wayne Schodde who was convicted of starting the fire and sentenced to jail for four years in 2015.
Schodde, who was 33 at the time, appeared in Wagga District Court on charges of recklessly destroying property by fire, break and enter with intent to commit a serious indictable offence and entering a building with intent to commit an indictable offence.
He was sentenced to a total four years and eight months' prison, with a non-parole period of two years.
According to reports from the time, before dawn on September 27 2014, Schodde used a screwdriver to break into the furniture store in Clarke Street and an angle grinder to cut open a safe.
Sparks from the angle grinder ignited the carpet and spread throughout the building, forcing Laura in the flat upstairs - who awoke to the blaze - to jump for her life.
It took firefighters more than five hours to extinguish the blaze.
"I thought I would get past that," Laura said.
"But every year, on the 27th of September I am still angry at that person, and the court system. I hope this anger will dissipate, but I doubt it."
More than her anger however, Laura really wants to thank everyone who helped her and let them know that she still thinks of them after all this time.
"Thank you for saving my life, thank you for sticking by me," Laura said. "I hope that the new life I live will make you proud and make you happy that you risked your own life to save mine."